Earning Ideas
Use Veo3's "One Image to Video" feature to mass-produce 8-40 second continuous story short videos, inserting brands or products at the beginning, middle, and end of the video to earn advertising fees or commission from sales.
Target Audience
- Someone who can write simple English prompts
- Someone with a basic understanding of image editing
- Creators who want to monetize short videos on platforms like TikTok, X, Douyin, Bilibili, etc.
Difficulty Level
Low to Medium: The tool is not complicated to use, but achieving "consistent characters and uniform voice" requires additional skills.
Operation Process
1. Choose a Topic
Choose everyday scenarios that are easy to insert advertisements: office, live stream, restaurant, gym. Like choosing stories such as “The Hippo Goes to Work” or “Live Streaming Sales,” which are obviously interesting.
For example, X user “Dave Clark” told the story of “A hippo employee received a complaint about hygiene and had to resign.” He only used one image to generate a complete story.
2. Create the First Image
Use Midjourney/Flux/Ji Meng to generate high-definition first images, ensuring clear and front-facing characters. Draw a nice "main character photo" first, so it won't change later. For example, AIbase used Ji Meng to generate the image here.
3. Write Prompts
- Write clear English prompts for shots, actions, and product placement.
Example: "Medium shot, hippo employee receives a complaint letter, looks guilty, camera zooms to envelope with logo 'CleanMax Wipes'." Tell the story in a comic-like way, one sentence at a time.
4. Generate Long Videos
- Use Veo3's "Image to Video" feature to generate 8 seconds first.
- Take the last frame → Use this image to generate the next 8 seconds.
- Repeat 4-5 times to get a 30-40 second continuous short video. It’s like building with LEGO bricks, one piece after another.
7. Ad Insertion
- Soft insertion: Treat the product as an object (bottle of drink, phone, envelope).
- Hard insertion: End with a voiceover saying “This video is sponsored by ××.”
- Find advertisers:
- On Xiaohongshu/Douyin, set the tag “Accepting Ads”;
- Or directly message small brands, quote based on views (e.g., $50-100 per 10,000 views).
8. Publish
- Add keywords like “AI-generated” and “Hippo Workplace Diary” in the title to ride the trend.
- Respond to comments within 24 hours after posting to increase interaction and gain platform traffic.
- Post on multiple platforms (X, TikTok, Bilibili, Douyin).
Case Evaluation
Veo3 has lowered the barrier to turning “one image into a story” to the lowest level. A single 40-second video can replace 3-5 scenes, saving 90% of the cost compared to traditional filming. As long as the character consistency is resolved, you can mass-produce videos and accept ads. The downside is that the voice needs to be added in post-production, and platform policies may tighten at any time, requiring a backup plan with real-life footage.
Tools Used
- Veo3 (Image to Video)
- Midjourney / Flux (First Image & Editing)
- CapCut / KineMaster (Editing + Subtitles)
- X, TikTok, Douyin (Publishing & Accepting Ads)